Kings and Philosophers, 1689-1789 / Edition 1

by Leonard Krieger

Overview

The one hundred years that preceded the French Revolution witnessed the rise of kings to unmatched power and influence in European affairs.

These years also encompassed the birth, maturation, and waning of the Enlightenment. Leonard Krieger shows how the monarchical tradition and the new intellectual developments were reflected in the latter half of the period during the rule of "philosopher kings," the enlightened absolutists. He analyses, too, the origins of a movement toward representative government and the stirrings of political and social revolt that would bring the period to an abrupt end.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393099058
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	11/17/1970
Series:	The Norton History of Modern Europe
Edition description:	1st ed.
Pages:	386
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.90(d)